I've never heard of that party wall agreement and will ask the city officials about options.

When the next election happens consider how you vote based on the elected officials trying to help you as a RE investor.2.

If I have to fool anyone, this strategy won't be for me.My goal is to do this the way John Corey mentions above - by officially alerting the lender immediately so that everything is on the table.

I've looked at the official public records in Travis and Bastrop counties, but can't find any NODs.

This posting is officially my 200 post on Bigger Pockets.

Call you officials and ask lots and lots of questions.

To record anything in the official public records at the county clerk's office it has to be notarized, so unless you are getting your contracts notarized then you won't be able to record it.Blake check out this post to get more info on what exactly to file and how it works:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/31536-investors-cutting-wholesalers-You can also get quite a bit more info on it all just be searching for "cloud title" in the search function of the forum.

I think I posted this somewhere before but the best place to get a free credit report with no scams is http://www.AnnualCreditReport.com this is the official site and is government sponsored.

More than 2/3 of Americans believe we are in a recession or will be in recession in 2008:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118600572789185278.htmlIt will be some time before it is "officially" declared but I'd say we are in it right now.

Yes, there is a major housing shortage because the university is expanding, but the SLO city officials don't want any more housing to be built.